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Frame

Stanford White

1870–1900

Medium

Wood, gilt

Dimensions

83 x 58 1/2 in. (210.8 x 148.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1919

Department

The American Wing

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About Stanford White

1853–1906 • United States

American architect and partner in the firm of McKim, Mead, and White. Worked with H. H. Richardson and was responsible for several houses, including the William Watts Sherman House (1874-1876). He left the firm in 1878 and traveled to Europe, after which he entered the firm of McKim and Mead as a junior partner in 1879, specializing in interior design. The lure of New York's cafe society led to his affair with socialite actress Evelyn Nesbitt and fatal shooting by her husband Harry K.Thaw in 1906.